Nao Kanzaki: 'Top Twenty Faves list for 2017' #1....? part one

 Did this set of posts differently than any others as I started from the seventh post and worked my way up to this one. You read that correctly as there's SEVEN(!) posts for this year's #1 which no doubt you've realized is Maimi who also could be by number one idol of all time. What a list that would turn out to be, figuring my top twenty Idols wouldn't be too difficult as 80% of the list has been stable for a few years now but that battle for number one would be one clash.

 If you're newish to Maimi would recommend reading all of the posts and also all of her older ones as there's very few things about her since 2010 that are missing. The remaining posts have quite a mixed bag of goodies such as two posts for cards plus ones for mag spreads, assorted pics and DVD screenshots. The last one you'll stumble across is a review for her 2009 film "Fuyu no Kaidan", Maimi had the lead role in the movie and it was the first time I viewed it.
 So thinking this could be the smallest of the seven posts but there's still plenty of fine looking pics plus a bit of current news. In all bet there's four hundred or so pics spread out among the posts, nice time to add on to your Maimi pic collection.

 Quite often I've said that Maimi is probably the most beautiful woman ever in history and that thought has remained the same for a while, that smile could melt an iceberg! Now that C-ute is no longer a group doubt if Maimi will make any more of these lists, just occurred to me finishing #1 means you're ineligible for any more lists except if there ever is one for my all time Idols.
 Don't think Maimi will continue on being a singer and it's such a shame we'll never see the quintet together again performing those timeless songs. However Maimi is keeping busy as she still hosts her Saturday night radio show which she's been doing for over nine years now. Maimi is also a writer now as on December 22nd she released a book titled "Relaxed, casual and fluffy" which is an odd title. She talks about being a leader and the struggles one goes through, Maimi was C-ute's leader for twelve years and also the commander for Hello Project groups for two years. At the top of the post is a brief promo video for the book, also on the 24th there was an event for it but searched high and low but could only find one blog pic for it.

 Maimi is a so-so blogger but she does keep everyone updated on all of her activities. These are a few recent pics from it as you can tell by the first few.

 C-ute released their seventh and final photobook "Brilliant" on September 10th, it was an okay PB but not the group's best book as it was mainly about their disbandment. There was a brief behind the scenes video of it which was also a bit lacking in enjoyment though the members did look oki doki.

 The "Fuyu no Kaidan" film which is the final post for this mini marathon was a quasi-horror flick, a decent movie but seemed to be aimed more at teens which makes sense. A film that was truly a fun watch was "Zomvideo" and did a review on that at least a year ago. That was also a horror flick, did give it a favorable rating and do recommend viewing it. It's an older film that came out in October 2011, never did post pics from the premiere as there weren't many though did stumble across some and the top ones are a few H!P cards for the film. of course with Maimi is her best buddy Saki.

 Coming close to the end of this first post but don't forget to check out the ones following this one. Occurred to me that I've never posted the scans from Maimi's fifth photobook "Tabioto which came out on November 27, 2011. Will have to work on getting them which is a nice excuse to have more posts in the future. These are a few pics from a hand shaking session Maimi had for the PB the day following it's release but what's highly recommended is the behind the scenes video after the pics. it starts off with it raining out, there's a reason her nickname is 'Rain Girl'!